Around 70 percent of houses on Edgerton Crescent, an
expensive London street, are owned by Nigerians, Punch
reports.This revelation was reportedly made by Charles Dukwe,
Chairman of New Nation, an empowerment-oriented group while
speaking with newsmen in Port Harcourt on Saturday after
announcing the launch of some grass roots campaigns against
diabetes and high blood pressure.
UK citizens avoid purchasing houses on that street due to their
extravagant price tags, which range between £3 million to £4
million.
“British celebrities that have money don’t buy houses on that
street. They will tell you it is too expensive. But 70 per cent of
the houses there are owned by Nigerians,”Dukwe said.
He also said that some Nigerians were investing funds from the
country in Europe and other Western countries, leaving the
people at home jobless.